Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.
Ecuador declared independence from Spain.
Mary Kies became the first woman ever to acquire a patent.
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
The US published its first book on Geology – 'Observations on the Geology of the United States' by William Maclure.
During the Peninsular War, the British defeated the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
